• Part 1: Matt Smith, current star of Doctor Who, was on The Late Late Show with Who fan and noted lunatic Craig Ferguson. I'd not ever really seen his show before, but this clip made me a fan -- and not really for Matt Smith, although he was fine, but because Ferguson is totally, totally mad. It's a long clip, but I will say the moment they form a harmonica band called Three Octopuses and an Otter is not the goofiest part of the interview. (Via io9)
• And I tweeted about this extensively last night, but Harrison Ford showed up on Conan last night, and HE WAS DRUNK OUT OF HIS MIND. He wasn't even trying to hide it. And remember, Conan tapes in the mid-afternoon. It was insane. He also get asked about a fifth Indiana Jones movie, and boy, his excitement is just palpable. I can never remember if TBS' video player is available out of the U.S., so just in case, foreign people, I will tell you the highlight of the whole thing -- after Conan mentioned that Harrison Ford enjoyed flying planes, he asked Ford what he would do in a Sully Sullenburger-type incident and had to land a plane in the Hudson River or somesuch. Ford turned it over silently in his gin-sloshed mind for a minute, and then replied -- and I quote: "Shit and die."
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I guess you haven't seen Harrison Ford on talk shows before.. he's an odd one, and he's always the most awkward of guests. I don't think he was drunk, he's just a weirdo with a fading mind. Either that or he's completely blasted EVERY TIME he does an interview.
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Craig Ferguson?Big in Amurrka?Wow!Just sayin,good luck to the guy.
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Harrison Ford was not drunk! How dare you besmirch him with such baseless lies! He is not only a terrific actor, but also a hero! A role model to our generation! He would never show up on a talk show drunk! He has way more integrity than that! More integrity than anyone here! And besides, he was obviously too stoned to be drunk.
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Indiana Jones and the Flask of Cirrhosis
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Craig Ferguson is the office boss guy from The Drew Carey show right? I ha no idea he had a late night talk show. But yeah, he's awesome!
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Never a truer statement has been spoken.
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Booze and pot are sedatives. Well, not actually. But depressants basically work the same way.
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Harrison Ford is notorious for being not sober in public. He presented an Oscar a few years ago whilst blatantly inebriated. I believed he was later picked up by the cops for public drunkenness...my hero.
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Actually, the three correct plural forms of octopus are octopuses, octopi, and octopodes. Not trying to be a dick, just trying to make sure we all have the same understand of these very important facts. Octopi would be the Latin plural, octopodes the Greek version. Octopuses - that's straight up American English for ya. I know this because somehow the word octopodes is hilarious. Also, octopuppies. Think about it: puppies with 8 tentacles instead of legs. Painfully adorable.
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And let us not forget that Ferguson also gets extra geek cred for playing Confidence in the "Confidence & Paranoia" episode of Red Dwarf, back when he was chunky! See for yourself: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZ7omNSt5T0
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Luv Craig. Can't tolerate Conan. Random nonsense does not equal comedy. I've said it to the people at Adult Swim. I've said it to Tim & Eric and I've said it to every stoner I've ever met. ::shrug::
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In your PANTS!
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You're not aware of how huge a fan Craig Ferguson is of pussy. He'd have put preferred the clip with the most women in the least clothes. That's how he rolls. And Rob. Never seen Ferguson? The man's not well. But he's more entertaining than all the other ones combined. Conan should be his accountant, not his competition.
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No, he is American. Naw, but Craig is hilarious, I haven't watched Conan in years so I can't comment about him.
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Even when he's out of his gourd, he's cool. Perhaps Mr. Ford should go on Ferguson? Hmm!
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He was acting the same way last week on John Stewart. Are we sure he's drunk on ALL these shows? Maybe he's becoming ...ill
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Whaaa? That was hilarious. Wait... people have opinions DIFFERENT than me?! Aargh! Craig and Conan are my two favorite late nite personalities so this was pretty great for me.
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The best part about that Conan show was when Rosario Dawson came on and gave us an inadvertent panty flash. It was glorious. A friend of mine was in the audience that night and he couldn't believe how wasted Harrison Ford was.
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I thought as a kid, and even now, that Harrison Ford could be no cooler when Princess Leia tells him, "I love you" and he just responds so cooly, "I know". I officially now stand corrected. Whenever I now hear someone mention Harrison Ford I will imagine the intense face and "I don't get in bouncy castles". As well as, "Sh*t and die" being said so nonchalantly.
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This is not the first time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nubw-MjUffA&playnext=1&list=PL47F30733828E23D0&index=38
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This is just more proof that Conan Obrien truly is awful. Sue me, it's true.
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No one can censor Han Solo!
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I especially love his interviews with Ewan MacGregor. Classic stuff.
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How can *anyone* not know Craig? He's only the funniest thing on TV, late night or any other time. Oh... and I think I have a crush on Geoff. :)
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Supposedly Ford suffers from severe stage fright. So it's possible he took some sedatives to try to calm his nerves. If true, I suspect he often does it for these interviews, which is why they're often like this.
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I would rather watch an hour and a half of drunk/stoned Harrison Ford than to ever have to see Indy 4 again.
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Craig Ferguson is AWESOME. The best thing about him is his non-verbals. Absolutely hilarious and completely unabashed at who he is and his role in late night tv. Both the missus and I LOL everytime we manage to stay up and watch (we're old farts, not like you young 'uns).
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The blimp thing was prolly a ref to David Letterman because on that show (better than Conan IMO) Dave mentioned that he and his family had gone on a Goodyear blimp ride the past weekend. Ford was _not_ impressed with the blimpage and instead talked about how fun it is to land his amphibious plane on water. FWIW, don't think Ford was lit on Dave (just his normal uncomfortability). Maybe it's a Conan thing? ObMe: Trying to get ridiculous words accepted into modern lexiconology.
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Of all the awesome clips from last season they could have used, and they chose that uninteresting one from Vampires of Venice? (which was one of the lamest episodes of the season.) Seriously?
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When he said "shit and die" I absolutely lost it. For about the fifth time during that interview. I also enjoyed his existential take on blimps being slow because they're not supposed to go anywhere. Fantastic stuff.
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I'm not sure how drunk/high he was. If you go back and watch any of his interviews with Conan over the years he's always the same. Harrison Ford actually seems like he's a really shy introverted guy that doesn't like all the press crap you have to do for movies. And he always, ALWAYS "strokes the couch": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTQg9KgnjjA Then again he could always be smokin' the spice when he's on Conan.
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no shit! that motherfucker was lit out of his mind, I don't even think he knew that there was a camera on him. thinking of Harrison Ford as a drug addict suddenly puts Han Solo's cool under fire "chill" in a new perspective.
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This just fans the torrid flames of my life long man crush on Harrison Ford.
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seconded!!
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Harrison Ford was on The Daily Show the other night and his behavior seemed kind of weird. Now that I've seen the Conan interview, it all makes sense. Sky Pilot was cruising at 20,000 feet. I couldn't stop laughing. Ford was all like "Can they tell I'm tripping? Aw, fuck it." Then Conan stared right in his face and he didn't crack. Gawd, I was crying. They need to put Ford and Michael Caine in a movie together. The coolness would be off the charts.
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Probably sore.
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Oh yeah, Mr. Ford was definitely herb seasoned as well as pickled! Bless him for admitting pretty much the only reason he'd do Indy 5. And if you'll notice, The crowd went nuts at the name "Indiana Jones"--about five people cheered at the name "George Lucas".
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I just saw one of the Stan Lee interviews on YouTube. It was phenomenal. 'Here, ya cranky bastard.'
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Man I missed both of these last night, I was so looking forward to the Matt interview, but I could not stay up. Yesterday Craig also had a Dalek on during the opening. Either way both men went and showed everyone why I only bother to watch their late night shows.
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Man I missed both of these last night, I was so looking forward to the Matt interview, but I could not stay up. Yesterday Craig also had a Dalek on during the opening. Either way both men went and showed everyone why I only bother to watch their late night shows.
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Why don't I know who Craig Ferguson is?! That interview was the best thing I've seen all day!
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*sigh* The English Major in you should be regulating it to "octopuses." It's the Latin blowhards that get into a tuff about that.
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If you love Hardwick and Ferguson, check out Hardwick's Nerdist podcast. He did a live show with Ferguson and Mythbuster Adam Savage as guests. Savage even did a brief stand-up set. The Nerdist podcast is usually reliably funny. I haven't listened to them all (haven't delved into any of the musical guests except OK Go), but Hardwick is really good with his guests.
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NERD!!!!!! Sorry couldn't help it
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Makes sense, you don't feel up on a couch like that if you are "just" drunk. He stroked conans couch so hard i'm over curious to find out how it feels (sober and stoned).
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Wait, you're just now finding out how awesome Craig Ferguson is?
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I've always heard Harrison is quite the pot head.
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Well, he jots down some notes, but he's not telepromptering it.
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And I'd like to think Ford only drinks scotch or bourbon. Liberally, often, and in the early afternoon before national tv tapings. My god damn hero.
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And I'd like to think Ford only drinks scotch or bourbon. Liberally, often, for breakfast and lunch!
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Craig Ferguson isn't insane, he's Scottish.
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Ferguson's openings are great. Especially when he brings out the puppets. He has even done an entire show with hand puppets. His openings are not written. He just goes out and starts talking.
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Holy shit. I've been drunk before 8AM plenty of mornings, but to be that fucking sloshed at noon, especially when you know you have something to do!? Damn, that is seriously some Drunken Mastery there. You can tell he won't remember ANY of that interview by the next day. Hard-core Mr. Ford.
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Both were awesome interviews. Craig Ferguson is one of my favorite Interviewers....you should pass some of the interviews he's done to Stan Lee. Those are truly great.
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And yes, thanks Rob, for thinking of your International Roboteers!
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The 3 minute piece on IO9 (or search youtube for "Craig Ferguson dalek") had me ROTFLTIPIMP! Get up the stairs!
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I think watching Harrison Ford just now gave me a contact high.
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I'm glad it's only because of my iPhone that I can't watch it. Bloody Apple and their hate of flash. But this is EXACTLY why Harrison Ford is the fucking MAN. 6 days and 7 nights or not. I wish he was my uncle.
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So, does anyone know when and where the "Doctor Who with Lyrics" dance number from Craig Ferguson will be leaked, or do we have to wait until he's done zapping the producer's nuts with a sonic screwdriver for not getting song clearance on time?
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That was 100% fun.
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Actually, depending on if you're speaking of multiples of the same species of Octopus or a variety of different species, it could be octopode. Why do I even know that?
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I now love Craig Ferguson, Matt Smith, and Chris Hardwick equally. Also, Three Octopuses and an Otter! The English major in me wants to go "IT'S OCTOPI!" but the rest of me weeps at its beauty.
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The answer to "what does it take to do something like that" was CLASSIC.
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Rob... you have never seen Craig Ferguson. I revoke 2,000,000 of your nerd points!
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Conan should've asked Ford if he ever invites Peter Mayhew to fly with him on the plane.
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Ferguson's really grown into the host role over the years, and unlike other hosts (coughCONANcough) he always seems like he's trying to improve his interviews. Plus, he does the best monologues of anyone on in late night.
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"More than fun." :Makes money gesture: CLASSIC
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At least he's honest about the possibility of a fith indy film.
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Oh, and Canadian. Saw it just fine. Thanks for the consideration, Rob!
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That was batshit crazy.
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Harrison Ford remains the greatest hero of our time.
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Han shot first... before Greedo even sat down. "HEY, ISH THAT FRIGGIN' DOUCHE! FAK YUUUUUU! *blamblamblam!*"
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